I jotted the thoughts below in my journal on a day I was reflecting on just how screwed up our world is. The fact of the matter is our world has been screwed up ever since Adam and Eve chose to not listen to God. Those of us living today only have our lifetime to…
Category: Prioritize-Prepare-Plan
Daily focalPOINT – Success and a Name
Some people dream about success. Others wake up and work hard at it. I can remember years ago overhearing someone talk about why his kid wasn’t excelling in sports; it went something like this; “you have to have a name in order to have a chance at succeeding in sports at this school and my…
Daily focalPOINT – Ownership
“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own… You realize that you control your own destiny.” ~Albert Ellis The moment you realize you control your own destiny and God wants it to be a great destiny is the day you can begin living and quit…
Daily focalPOINT – Responsibility
“You can’t escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” ~Abraham Lincoln Responsibility begins with naming your responsibilities and roles in your life and prioritizing them. The most irresponsible act is to never name your responsibilities and what goes with them. I’ve watched a lot of people run from their responsibilities in life and…
Daily focalPOINT – Trivial Or Intentional Pursuit?
If you do not see a picture-quote above please click on https://www.eaglelaunch.com/daily-focalpoint-trivial-pursuit Pretty basic stuff but oh so true…many people get on the roller coaster of life and simply let life live them…which is a life with no direction and intention. Taking the time to create a vision for your life or organziation (what you want to…
Daily focalPOINT – Stick-to-it-ness
Jim Rohn once said; “the twin killers of success are impatience and greed.” I was talking with a friend the other day and ask him how his goal of getting out of debt was going. His reply, “oh that was last year’s goal, this year we decided to refinance our house, buy a new car…
Daily focalPOINT – Funnel Vision
Daily focalPOINT – Ladders and Dreams
“Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.” ~Johann Wofgang von Goethe I was working with a client a few months ago and he shared some hesitancy while we worked to create a vision for his organization. He said someone told him to not get carried away with dreaming…
Daily focalPOINT – Dreams to Reality takes Work
“The dream is free but the journey you have to pay for. A person with work ethic, is willing to pay the price today so they can reap and realize the dream tomorrow.” ~John Maxwell It amazes me the number of young people today who have ideas and dreams. I believe due to technology and…
Daily focalPOINT – Strategy or Justification?
If the leader of your organization serves as the facilitator of your strategic planning session, your strategic planning session is just another lengthy meeting justifying what the leader thinks needs to be done. This is not strategic it is simply a way of justifying and gaining support for new directives and initiatives for the rank and…
Jay Meyer
I started this blog in 2008 because of my passion for helping others take their lives to the next level. My hope is that, through sharing my life experiences as a business leader, husband, father, and recovering drug addict, I will positively impact your life.